An on-the-ground embrace. A gentle forehead touch. A celebratory mounting.
sweet. In France’s match against Poland in the Round of 16, a referee stopped Jules Koundé of France right before a throw-in to ask him to take off the necklaces he was wearing. Koundé couldn’t get them off himself, so a staff member from the French team came and removed them for him. While he was carefully searching for the jewelry’s tiny clasps, he showed no exasperation, nor aggression, just careful consideration.Photo illustration by Slate.
right-back Achraf Hakimi and midfielder/wing Hakim Ziyech is particularly touching, as the teammates have shared multiple embraces sprawled out on the grass, their poses straight out of a rom-com.AdvertisementThe affection on display has not only been between players. Hakimi gets another mention here, as, following Morocco’s win against Belgium in their group stage match, he went to plant a kiss on his mother’s head.
. They thought they came to conquer, for national and personal glory, but they found something greater: international brotherhood, and the unwavering support of one another’s muscular
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